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Volkswagen launches WeShare all-electric car sharing service
Making good on plans revealed last year to debut an EV-exclusive car sharing service, Volkswagen is actually launching its fleet for…
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SoftBank-backed Getaround acquires Norwegian car rental startup for $12M
Fueled by its $300 million Series D round led by Softbank last August, Getaround is making its second-ever acquisition this…
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BMW says its running ahead of its electrification goals
At its NEXTGen event in Munich, BMW today announced that it is running ahead of schedule in its efforts to…
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Nowports raises $5.3 million to become Latin America’s digital shipping answer to Flexport
Nowports, a developer of software and services to track freight shipments from ports to destinations across Latin America, has aims…
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California has let two Chinese startups offer robotaxis to the public
China’s driverless cars are coming for passengers in the United States. AutoX and Pony.ai just became the first Chinese companies…
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Self-driving car startup Argo AI is giving researchers free access to its HD maps
Argo AI is releasing curated data along with high-definition maps to researchers for free, the latest company in the autonomous…
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DeepMind’s AI uses aerial and ground-view data to navigate unseen areas
Might street-navigating AI be able to traverse previously unseen neighborhoods given sufficient training data? That’s what scientists at Google parent…
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On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
More than three years ago, self-driving trucks startup Starsky Robotics was founded to solve a fundamental issue with freight —…
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Swiftly raises $10 million Series A to power real-time transit data in your city
Swiftly just raised a $10 million Series A round led by VIA ID, Aster Capital, Renewal Funds and Wind Capital…
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Zoox CEO explains what makes the company’s self-driving cars better: Four-wheel steering, big batteries, AI
Aicha Evans, CEO of Foster City, California-based Zoox, spoke during a keynote about the challenges facing self-driving cars and the…
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